31 Days of HIGH MOON: Tristan Concept Art

What you're seeing here is some exclusive - never before see - concept art featuring Tristan Macgregor. Tristan, who made his debut in the Second Season of High Moon, quickly became a favorite character of many readers.

High Moon Season Two: Update

Hey everyone, I'm working hard to bring you more High Moon Goodness. Once again, David has written and excellent script and I am struggling to keep up with the art. David sends me script with so much ref in them I feel like I'm shooting a movie, with all of the detail thrown in. But it's a labor of love, so I'm working like crazy getting ready for the upcoming High Moon second rising.

Later!

SteveE

P.S.: Come back here for some preview sketches as they come....

Oh, and I vote for music to be added for inspiration for High Moon....Hot Rod Lincoln has been playing here non stop today.

HIGH MOON: A Sneak Peek

Some of you may have seen this piece in our recent Newsarama article. No, I'm not telling you what it means, but you can post your guesses down below.

And if you haven't had a chance to check out the new HIGH MOON pages, you can do so now!

HIGH MOON Returns (and a surprise!)

That's right folks, HIGH MOON has started it's regular run on Zuda!

Fortnightly, you'll see new pages, new twists, and new surprises for Matthew Macgregor exclusively on Zuda!

But, as an added bonus, HIGH MOON is also re-running on MySpace, with an exceptional cover you won't find anywhere else!

Go check it out HERE!

Steve Ellis on High Moon finally

I've been moving back to Brooklyn( my hometown even though I wasn't born here) for the last month and so things have kept me from keeping up with the blog.

I'd like to make the offer that If anyone has questions about art,design drawing comics or drawing for the web, to please feel free to ask here and I'll do my best to answer with pictures...

here's an image from my HM sketches to get the conversation started....

HIGH MOON: Yet To Come

So, here's a little update on what is yet to come for HIGH MOON.

• Above is a very mysterious sketch that Steve Ellis did for HIGH MOON.
  
  
• Yes, we have a release date for the HIGH MOON launch.
  (Sadly, I can't tell you when that is either, but it is in January - and it will be awesome!)
  
  
• In the near future, the awesome Steve Ellis will be popping by to answer your art-related questions for HIGH MOON. So, if you have any .. now is the time to ask them in our comments section.
  

High Moon: Remember The Tartans

There are some of the things that Mac, the central character in HIGH MOON, wears. Each element of clothing serves a practical purpose - and relates to a greater sense of visual history for Mac.

Mac Style Sheet

Heya,

I bet you guys thought we forgot about you - well - that's not true at all!

While Steve, Scott and I spend the next couple of weeks putting together the next installment of HIGH MOON, I thought I'd take a moment to show off one of the style sheets that Steve developed for Mac:

HIGH MOON: Unused Logo Treatment

Unused HIGH MOON logo treatment by Steve Ellis

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Unused Page 1 Layout

What you are looking at is one of Steve Ellis' first layouts for Page 1 of HIGH MOON.

In the first panel, you'll see we were going to have a signpost that read 'HIGH MOON' - that sign was going to list all our creator credits. When we found out that we didn't have to have a title page, Steve went to work and created the beautiful layout you currently see online.

The Artwork behind HIGH MOON

In his LiveJournal, artist Steve Ellis talks a little bit about the art process behind HIGH MOON:

The artwork I did for HIGH MOON is gritty and dark and takes heavy influence from crazy western films like Jodorosky's El Topo, Django, as well as High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven. We've added the whole horror angle which fits seamlessly with the Western feel...

I'm very proud of it. I did the penciling, inking, and coloring. Much of the art was done directly on computer but has a textured dark threatening feel which works with the storyline.

Steve also mentions one of the best parts:

It's ... a supernatural western/horror, involving six guns and werewolves....it starts out as a mystery and I think it will be a blast when we reveal the final twist.

Tara: The Pitch Concept Art

Tara is a female character in HIGH MOON. This art was also included with the pitch package to DC Comics. Art by Steve Ellis.

Macgregor: The Pitch Concept Art

Steve Ellis' concept art for Macgregor is much, much, better than mine. The is some of the art that was used when we pitched the title to DC Comics.